{
  "id": 14109836,
  "title": "Hong Kong police ramp up investigation into Anita Mui’s missing ashes with unit upgrade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hong-kong-police-ramp-up-investigation-into-anita-muis-missing-ashes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T03:29:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3370668/hong-kong-police-ramp-investigation-anita-muis-missing-ashes-unit-upgrade"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hong Kong police have intensified their efforts to locate the ashes of the late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong, who allegedly went missing from Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island three months ago. The urn containing the singer's remains was discovered to be missing, causing immense distress to Mui's family. Mui, who died in 2003 at the age of 40, would have turned 63 this year. Initially, the case was handled by the Lantau district crime squad, but the police have now escalated the investigation to the New Territories South regional crime unit, allocating more manpower and resources to the case. No arrests have been made so far. The family made a public appeal for information on the whereabouts of the urn on Mui's birthday, noting that a fan first discovered the urn missing from the columbarium at the monastery on July 18. The fan noticed that the screws on the door panel of the niche housing Mui's ashes had come loose, and the urn inside was missing.",
  "summary": "Hong Kong police have stepped up their investigation into the disappearance of the ashes of late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong by committing more resources and manpower to the case. Mui’s family had revealed over the weekend that the urn containing the singer’s remains was discovered to be missing from Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island three months ago, complaining that police had made “no…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/therapy-dogs-in-high-demand-hong-kong-programme-booked-out-until",
        "published": "2026-10-13T02:19:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}